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05 MAY 1941 HAILE SELASSIE RETURNS TO ETHIOPIA

May 5, 2021 By Roland Lundberg

On May 05, 1941 Emperor Haile Selassie returns triumphantly to Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, five years to the day of when it was occupied by Italy. Fascist leader Benito Mussolini had been wanting to add Ethiopia to Italian Somaliland … [Read more...] about 05 MAY 1941 HAILE SELASSIE RETURNS TO ETHIOPIA

Filed Under: Africa, Anniversary, Culture, Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, History, Rastafari, Roots Tagged With: Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, Italy, Ras Tafari, WWII

07 OCT 1928 – LIJ TAFARI IS CROWNED NEGUS

October 7, 2019 By Roland Lundberg

On 7 October 1928, Lij Tafari Makonnen Woldemikael was crowned Negus (Amharic for King).   Two years later, he would be crowned Negusa Nagast (Amharic for King of Kings) at Addis Ababa's Cathedral of St. George where he … [Read more...] about 07 OCT 1928 – LIJ TAFARI IS CROWNED NEGUS

Filed Under: Africa, Anniversary, Culture, Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, History, Rastafari Tagged With: Ethiopia, Haile Sealssie, Negus, Ras Tafari

SEPTEMBER 12TH 1974: HAILE SELASSIE DEPOSED

September 12, 2019 By Roland Lundberg

On this day, 12 September in 1974, the Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, was deposed from power after a forty-four year reign. Born as Lij Tafari Makonnen in Ejersa Gora in 1892, his family boasted a lineage going back to King Solomon … [Read more...] about SEPTEMBER 12TH 1974: HAILE SELASSIE DEPOSED

Filed Under: Africa, Anniversary, Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, History, Rastafari Tagged With: deposed, Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, Rastafari

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